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You Can’t Blame Data Centers in Seattle for Our Skyrocketing Electricity Prices
This post was originally published on GeekWire on April 20, 2026. I had noticed this “data centers in Seattle” PR op under way and flagged it in last week’s newsletter. After a vague report that some companies were seeking to build “large” data centers in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson is exploring a moratorium on new…
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Circling the Drain – More Time for the Times (of New York)
Slim is in for newspapers. Not only is the Times (of Seattle) getting slimmer and slimmer, but the Times (of New York) is getting slim too with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Silicon Alley Insider reports: Carlos Slim has loaned the New York Times (NYT) $250 million. This further lessens the immediate cash crisis and should…
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Don’t miss the discussion on CNBC between Dan “Fake Steve Jobs” Lyons and CNBC’s own Jim Goldman on the topic of Apple’s mendacity about Steve Jobs’ health and whether Goldman’s coverage of this topic was misleading, incompetent or merely lazy. You can’t really hear a lot of what they are saying, but it is pretty…
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Circling the Drain – “End Times” in May?
The Atlantic asks “can America’s paper of record survive the death of newsprint?” (hat tip to Steve): Virtually all the predictions about the death of old media have assumed a comfortingly long time frame for the end of print the moment when, amid a panoply of flashing lights, press conferences, and elegiac reminiscences, the newspaper…
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Circling the Drain – The End Game Begins
So the rumor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer being up for sale was true. I expect Seattle’s days as a two newspaper city are numbered (and n is <= 60). My assumption is the sales process is window-dressing by Hearst, who own the P-I. They don’t expect any bidders because of the terrible economic climate and…
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Circling the Drain – The End Game Commences?
The future of one of Seattle’s two daily newspapers was called into question Thursday by a TV station report, although top leaders at both papers appeared surprised by it. KING/5 reported at 5 p.m. that “a source close to the deal” said The Hearst Corp., owner of the Seattle P-I, would announce as soon as…